Topic the IBD students’ opinions about the impact of having part time jobs while studying

A survey was conducted in Australia by Salamonson and Andrew 2006, they reported that over three-quarter of students having a part-time job while studying and they tended to work 14 hour

The IBD Students’ Opinions About The Impact Of Having Part-time

Jobs While Studying

Bế Huyền Trang Class: I16A4 Lecture: Ms Thanh Binh International Bachelor Degree

I INTRODUCTION

According to a research taken by Tran, Nguyen, and Che (2016) part-time employment among students, particularly in universities and colleges has become an increasing phenomenon in recent years An growing level of

attraction from a number of researchers on student part time employment since the early 1990s (Robotham , 2011) According to Doyle (2020), a

part-time job is defined as a job that require fewer work-hour than a

full-time job but there is not a particular set of full-time for part-full-time or full-full-time

jobs, hence, whether it is considered as a part-time job will depend on

company’s policy and the hours that employers’ requirement of full-time jobs traditionally, the standard requirement of hours for a part-time job

range from under 30 to 35 hours per week

According to Maftuhah (2014), there are a lot of kinds of part time jobs for college students, for example tutor ( teaching assistant in secondary or high school) , waiters or sellers Robinson (1999) conducted a study, which found that over 55 percent of all student-workers choose sales as a part-time job

A survey was conducted in Australia by Salamonson and Andrew (2006), they reported that over three-quarter of students having a part-time job

while studying and they tended to work 14 hours a week on average

Another study by Morrison ( 2009) also showed that 66.9% students are

asked in her survey working a part-time job and more than 80% students

claimed their part time job had positive effects on their academic results

Metcalf ( 2001) performed a study across four universities that found 75% students of four universities she took survey held a part time job with haft of those reported work less than 12 hours a week, three-quarters worked under

16 hours and 4% students working over 20 hours per week Students’

demand to find a part time job while studying depends on their age, study course and major ( Tran, Nguyen and Che, 2016) There was 22.7% students under 20 years old , 35.82% students aged 20-22 and 50% students aged 23 and older want to find a part time job This research also concluded that the number of second and third year college students who were long for a part time job was significant higher than other kinds of college students

This research aim to identify the pros and cons of doing a part time jobs

while studying and the reasons why students choose to engage in part time employment before they graduate Additionally, this research is going to

indicate how part time jobs might effect on students’ academic results

BODY

1 The reasons for students to take a part time job while studying

According to Vuong (2015), there are various reason which drive

students to find part time employment Part-time jobs not only help

students have more income to pay for their studies, but also help

students have practical experience, create relationships, prove their

ability and bravery in front of the business

The most common reason for college students to take a part time jobs was reported by Morrison (2009) was for earning money, particularly for university tuition fees and their daily expenses This is really similar to what Callender (2008) found that the reason that make students have a part time job while still at university is that they need money to buy

essential things and pay for their loans Barron and Anastasiadou

(2007) found that there are a lot of students could not affordable for

expensive tuition fees and other living costs, hence, they find way to

make money by their own Tran, Nguyen and Che (2016) conducted a study, which concluded that 70% students want to increase their income

so they decided to enroll to part time employment

Furthermore, some of the results in Kamal (2015) research indicated

other reasons for taking a part-time job among students is that they just want to take advantage of their leisure time as well as to gain experience

to write down on their CV before they graduate and enter to their future careers

In addition, a research was taken by Robinson (1999) showed that

numerous students said they do not only want to take part time job for

earning money but they also were in favor of the independence that the part time job give them and students believed that part time employment will give them several advantages for their careers in the future This

study also concluded that only 12% students indicated the kind of job

they took was the job they want to do in the future

2 The benefits of part time jobs to college students

According to O’Donovan (2016) the amount of time that students spend

on their part-time job is a key factor in whether their academic results in university will be advantageous or disadvantageous ones Particularly, he showed that it will be positive if students work for low to medium

number of hours However, if students take part time jobs for a high

number of hours it will lead to negative effects to their academic

performances

Robinson (1999) conducted a survey and found that 73% students who had a part time job tended to have a better social lives compared to 66%

of students do not take any part time jobs It is understandable that there

is a higher number of working students who are pleased with the money they gained from part time jobs Moreover, students who engage in part time employment can be more financial independent than ones who do not have a part time job This study concluded that working students can have wider social contacts and this will benefit to improve students’

social lives Callender (2008) also found that engaging part job

employment while still in university can help students earn more money for daily living costs as well as can help their parents with financial

burden for college tuition fees

Other positive impact of part time jobs is that part time jobs will lead to stronger academic character since it helps students can have time

management skill and the experience for their future careers ( O’

Donovan, 2016) Additionally, students can get used to working

environment before they enroll to careers in the future (Wang and Chen, 2012)

The research of O’Donovan (2016) found that part time employment also help students to have a better time and working organization such as the higher concentration on tasks or assignments, which might results in their higher grades in school This study also indicated that working students might work harder in general than students do not have part time jobs This is similar to the study of Robotham (2011), it showed that there are more than 50% students found that they had a better time-management skill after working a part time job This study concluded that working

students in its survey claimed they experienced more advantages than the disadvantages of part time employment while studying

3 The drawbacks of part time job to college students

A number of recent researches showed there are common beliefs that

working part time job while students still studying in college will lead to distraction from their studying because of the lower amount of time they spend on study and the lack of energy after taking part time jobs might result in students’ GPA in college (Muluk, 2017) This is similar with the study of Wadood, Hussain and Raza (2018), this study also found that 84.4% students believed holding part time job will have negative effects

on their academic achievements

According to a research of Broadbridge and Swanson (2005) students

holding a part time job tended to have more sense of stress or more general mental health and psychological wellbeing Robotham (2011) conducted a survey and found that 54% working students responded they have higher level of stress after holding part time jobs and 28% students said that part time employment lead to their decreasing ability to cope with stress

Moreover, Tran, Nguyen, and Che (2016) found that 59% students taking their survey reported part time jobs can have drawbacks to their learning

performance or their mental and physical health

Another drawback of part time employment is that students might spend

less time for assignments in school Wadood, Hussain and Raza (2018)

found that 69.3% students reported in their survey that they do not have

enough time for their tasks or assignment in class A study was taken by

Watanabe (2005) also found that students who take part in a part time job are less engaged in school Singh, Chang and Dika (2007) showed that

students working for long hours spent the less amount of time on their

homework, were not take part in lectures as frequent as students do not

have part time job

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